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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Here's a Quiz for You Vintage Paperback Fans

I came across this at Half Price Books the other day and thought it was funny. It's the back cover from the Dell edition (D-483) of Alan Green's mystery novel WHAT A BODY! You may have to click on the image in order to read the text. Dell was still doing mapbacks at the time, so this is something of a departure for them.

The front cover isn't bad, either, although I wouldn't consider it a great cover. I don't know whether the novel itself is any good, so if any of you have read it, you might comment on what you thought about it.

6 comments:

Anonymous
said...

That's hilarious, James -- thanks for posting that.

Why oh why can't my local Half Price Book stores have those kind of vintage pbos? Seems like all I ever see is an ocean of Sue Graftons, Stephen Kings and other '80s and '90s favorites. My only high-point in that regard is I once stumbled upon a copy of Lionel White's TOO YOUNG TO DIE (Gold Medal). I might spy the occasional Carter Brown (not a fan), but otherwise it's extraordinarily slim pickings in my local HPBs when it comes to the vintage stuff.